Invicta Pro Diver Automatic Green Dial Gold-plated Men's Watch 19805

Disney's Tick Tock Tale Short Film
Thanks to a Facebook friend I was able to learn about this new animated short film from Disney Animation called Tick Tock Tale. It is one of those shorter cartoons that will play before a feature length movie - just like Pixar (also owned by Disney does). I am excited about this for a few reasons. One, I love to see pop-culture fascination with timepieces, and two, it is actually animation by Disney again! About a decade ago I heard news that Disney vowed to only do computer animation moving forward. Which in my mind basically was a deathblow for traditional animation. Animation would get simpler, cheaper, and the lush scenery and production values we know from mid 20ths century Disney stuff would die.Disney was more or less dead for a long time in the animation department. Instead relying on Pixar to create new content, and itself only banking on existing characters. Maybe that will chance. I am happy to see that a department called "Disney Animation" even exists!Not sure when Tick To

Illinois Square
The Illinois Square is a fairly basic watch with a 6/0 movement, and one of the first advertised by Illinois as early as 1925. What makes this one a bit unusual is that it is a solid 14K example. It's the only one I've ever seen, and Fred does not list them as being made in solid gold. Another nice feature about this one, amazingly, is the original NOS dial. This is obvious by the brushed butler center and the circularly-brushed sub-circleplus the back shows no marks of havig been re-done. My gut feeling is that there must have been some time early-on, not long after the problems of radium surfaced, that the dials were made with the same green numbers so common during the radium days, but with no radioactive materials at alland this is one of those dials, and it explains why is did not "burn" into a green-brown over time. (Modern luminous is only mildly radioactive, but the old radium was much more so.) You will occasionally also see Canby cases with similarly perfect NOS dial

The Longines Forum just turned 2!
Join me in wishing the forum and it's regulars a happy birthday:watchtalkforums.info/foru...htm#post489100

Picked up the black calf and ceramic/Ti deployment for the dsotm.
Finally picked up the black leather calf with white stitching and Ceramic/Ti buckle. It fits great and more balanced on the wrist then the nylon band. Also the deployment buckle makes it much easier to take the watch on and off.image.jpg

The quintessential Luminor?
Hey guis. I'm still relatively new to Panerai, but I¡¯m fascinated by the history of the brand. Already picked up a 210, but am now looking to acquire a Luminor.So I¡¯d love to hear suggestions on which models best represent the ¡°Panerai DNA.¡±At this point, I¡¯m open to current, discontinued, or special edition models, and am focused on 44mm cases given my relatively small wrist size (6.5¡±).Looking forward to your suggestions. Thanks!